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Black Hand

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Black Hand symbol and name for a criminal and terroristic secret society, and especially associated with the Mafia and the Camorra . The Black Hand flourished in Sicily in the late 19th cent., and in the United States it was especially active in New York City at the beginning of the 20th cent. It is estimated that at one time 90% of New York City's Italian population was blackmailed by letters threatening death and marked with a black hand. Famous incidents associated with the Black Hand include the murder (1890) in New Orleans of chief of police Daniel Hennessy and the shooting (1909),... Read more

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Black Hand Symbol and name for a number of secret societies that flourished in the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was the name adopted... Read more

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...threatening notes printed with black hands, daggers, or other menacing symbols that demanded money on pain of death or destruction of property. It declined with the beginning of Prohibition and large-scale bootlegging. Black Hand Black Hand Black Hand Read more

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